Treat Cost Calculator

BAKERS EXPRESS · BAKE & BUILD YOUR BUSINESS

Know your costs.
Price with confidence.

Making treats to sell? Add your supplies and time. See your cost, a selling-price estimate, and what you keep after those costs.

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Have your recipe and package prices handy. Start with one customer order—for example, a cake or a box of 12 treats. Your result updates as you type; there is no Calculate button. Your work saves automatically in this browser.

1. What are you making?

Example recipe

Example: 12 cookies, or 16 servings in a cake.

Making more than one order at once?

Enter the supplies, time and pieces for the whole batch. We divide the costs between equal orders.

2. Add ingredients & packaging

We count only the amount you use

Bought a 5 lb bag but used 1 lb? Enter the full bag price, 5 lb for package size, and 1 lb for the amount used. Use the same kind of units: weight, liquid volume, or pieces.

3. Include your time

Pay yourself for every hour

1.5 hours = 1 hour 30 minutes. Include prep, decorating and cleanup.

Add other costs or allow for leftovers

Other costs cover oven gas and electricity, equipment wear, delivery gas and payment fees. The ingredient allowance adds 5% by default for leftovers and waste. Change it to match your process; packaging is excluded.

4. Choose your profit

40%

At 40%, you keep $4 of every $10 in sales after the costs entered here—including your time. Adjust the slider; 40% is a starting setting, not a recommendation.

Product options load online prices when selected. Prices may change; saved recipes keep your entered prices. Review package sizes and use your actual purchase cost, including any shipping or tax you paid. Estimates exclude costs you have not entered and do not guarantee profit. Recipes save only in this browser on this device.
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